Weaning at 12 months old

I have been breastfeeding my DS since day 1. He hardly gets a bottle. We now nurse about 3-5 times a day. Recently however, he has been waking about 5+ times a night to nurse! He is not going through a wonder week that I know of. I wanted to do the Dr Jay Gordon method, http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/sleeppattern.html, except that he doesn't recommend doing the sleep method in a separate room. We can't room share and he absolutely refuses to bed share. So our only option is having his crib in another room. We literally have no room in our room to do so.
Any suggestions? He is so used to waking and nursing, but I would really like to get a full night's sleep. My first son slept all night, literally all night. I am so tired. Thanks so much for any help!

Re: Weaning at 12 months old

It's very likely that the increased night wakings are due to his `1st year molars breaking and him being in near constant pain as a result. Try dosing him with motrin before bed and it doesn't get his jags between nursing sessions shorts. Honestly if it's not teeth my 2nd guess is an ear infection you aren't aware of. That much night waking that is "all of a sudden" is almost always due to pain or discomfort.

Re: Weaning at 12 months old

Sadly it it not either teething or an ear infection lol. He has slowly been increasing the amount of times he wakes up over the past while. He went from sleeping all night at 6 months to waking every night. Then twice a night, then it just increased from there. He's not in pain when he wakes, just wants to eat. He doesn't scream or cry. I think he's feeling lonely maybe, though I'm not sure. I have also tried sleeping in his room, if anything it only increased the amount of times he's awoken to nurse lol! This boy is definitely a tough cookie to crack! Thank you for the input ladies!!!